So now, the British-born actor, 27, “is looking at a whole new approach to his future and is even considering going to theater school to focus more on getting behind the camera,” the source claims. “Rob’s been talking to a lot of independent filmmakers, and­ the last thing he wants to do is act in another blockbuster. He would like to direct a movie one day.”

Pattinson’s weariness with his fame as vampire Edward Cullen came through last year in an interview with Germany’s Interview magazine.

The actor appeared to diss members of his extensive fandom when he sighed, “Twilight has its own parallel world, its own fan culture that has been forming on the net since day one — and in an intense way that has never existed before.”